Botello, Angel

1913-1986
Botello, Angel Biography

Born in 1913 in a small Galcian village in Spain, Botello studied in Bordeaux. France at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and then at the San Fernanado School of Fine Arts in Madrid. After the Spanish Civil War, Botello left Spain and settled in the Domenican Republic. He was immediately fascinated by the tropical scenery and in 1944 decided to move to Haiti. For more than a decade his art work was influenced by the colos and energy of Haitian life. He would later move to Puerto Rico, where he beame a pioneer of the local art scene by opening one of the first art galleries on the island.

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